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Emotional Intelligence

Patricia Holt.
San Francisco Chronicle ©
Prove emotional
Daniel Goleman is discussing his famous 'impulse control' stability is more
test at a San Francisco lecture and has the entire audience's important than IQ
attention. Goleman, a psychologist and science writer, is the in determining an
author of the best-seller Emotional Intelligence, a individual’s
fascinating book about recent discoveries in brain research success in life.
that prove emotional stability is more important than IQ in
determining an individual's success in life. One of the
highlights of the book, that Goleman explains to his audience of foundation leaders,
educators, and grants donors, is a test administered thirty years ago that Goleman
calls 'The Marshmallow Challenge.'

In this experiment, four-year-old children were individually called into a room at

Stanford University during the 1960s. There, a kind man gave a marshmallow to Everyone has
each of them personal limit in
and said they could eat the marshmallow right away, or wait for him to come back managing
from an errand, at which point they would get two marshmallows. emotion.
Goleman gets everyone laughing as he describes watching a
film of the preschoolers while they waited for the nice man to
come back. Some of them covered their eyes
or rested their heads on their arms so they wouldn't have to look at the marshmallow,
or played games or sang to keep their thoughts off the single marshmallow and waited
for the promised double prize. Others— about a third of the group—simply watched The emotional
the man leave and ate the marshmallow within seconds. and social
difference
What is surprising about this test, claims Goleman, is its diagnostic power: A dozen
years later the same children were tracked down as adolescents and tested again. "The
emotional and social difference between the grab-the-marshmallow preschoolers and The ones who had
their gratification-delaying peers was dramatic," Goleman says. resisted eating the
marshmallow
The ones who had resisted eating the marshmallow were clearly more socially embraced
competent than the others. "They were less likely to go to pieces, freeze or regress challenges and
under stress, or become rattled and disorganized when pressured; they embraced pursued them
challenges and pursued them instead of giving up, even in the face of difficulties; they instead of giving
were self-reliant4 and confident, trustworthy and dependable." up.

The third or so who grabbed the marshmallow were "more

likely to be seen as shying away from social contacts, to be
stubborn and indecisive, to be easily upset
by frustrations, to think of themselves as unworthy, to become immobilized by
stress, to be mistrustful or prone to jealousy, or to overreact to certain situations
with a sharp temper."
And all because of a single marshmallow? In fact, Goleman explains, it's all because There’s one of
of a lone neuron in the brain, only recently discovered, that bypasses the neocortex— area in the brain
the area of the brain where rational decisions are made—and goes straight to the where rational
amygdala, or emotional center of the brain. It is here that quicker, more primitive decision are made
'fight or flight' responses occur, and are stored for future use. The more that emotional and it goes
memories involving temper, frustration, anxiety, depression, impulse, and fear pile up straight to the
in early adolescence, the more the amygdala can "hijack the rest of the brain," amygdala, or
Goleman says, "by flooding it with strong and inappropriate emotions, causing us to emotional center
wonder later, 'Why did I overreact?'" of the brain.

But if the emotions stored in the brain are those of restraint, self-awareness, self- But if the
regulation, self-motivation, empathy, hope, and optimism, then we become endowed emotions are
with an 'emotional intelligence' that serves rather than enslaves us for the rest of our stored in the brain
lives. are those positive
things,then we
become endowed
The bad news, says Goleman, is that a widely praised but disturbing study from out of with an 'emotional
the University of Vermont has shown a "decline in emotional aptitude among children intelligence' that
across the board." Rich or poor, East. serves rather than
enslaves us for the
rest of our lives.
Coast or West Coast, inner city or suburb, children today are more vulnerable than
ever to anger, depression, anxiety— what he calls a massive 'emotional malaise.' The the amygdala
good news, however, involves another recent discovery—that the amygdala takes a takes a long time
long time to mature, around fifteen or sixteen years, which means to Goleman that to mature.
"emotional intelligence can be taught, not only in the home but perhaps, more
importantly, in school."

Goleman's own story is as intriguing as his book. The author or co-author of nearly a
dozen other books involving brain research and behavior, he experienced steady but
modest sales until Emotional Intelligence hit the stores. Later came the cover of Time
magazine and appearances on television, such as the Oprah Winfrey show.
Women are
"But I think the book also points out the real strength in what has been a feminine absolutely more
preserve in this culture," claims Goleman. "Girls are raised to be emotionally astute empathic than
and perceptive, but sons learn little about emotions except how to control anger. men on average,
Women are absolutely more empathic than men on average, but they've felt powerless but they've felt
to bring up the idea of emotions as a serious topic." powerless to bring
up the idea of
The irony, Goleman feels, is that if he had written a book about women and emotions as a
emotions, school reform, emotion-based leadership in business, or child psychology, serious topic.
"the book wouldn't have gotten much attention. As it happens this is a book about all
those things, but women and children and school reform are marginalized in this
society. So I come along with a lot of scientific data that says, 'Hey, this stuff is
consequential'; and maybe some doors are opening in our society."

“Emotional Intelligence,” an essay by Patricia Holt, Daniel Goleman is doing ‘Impulse Control’ test about the
difference of everyone emotional and social level. From the test, Goleman conclude that prove emotional
stability is more important than IQ in determining an individual's success in life. The difference of emotional
and social are all because of a lone neuron in the brain, only recently discovered, that bypasses the neocortex—
the area of the brain where rational decisions are made—and goes straight to the amygdala, or emotional center
of the brain. The amygdala takes a long time to mature. As a solution, Goleman argue that emotional intelligence
is more importantly taught in the school, not only in the home.